Students would be more actively engaged and wouldn't dread coming home to do boring "homework." Instead, they would embark on innumerable journeys at night and come to appreciate the art of storytelling.

These 9 fabulous books are my ALL-TIME favorites, meaning they mingle with the brilliance of ﻿Harry Potter﻿ and The Hunger Games﻿, and are currently up in my mental "to read... again and again and again" bookshelf.